Search for "A00-282 Testking 💾 A00-282 Prüfungs-Guide 🌁 A00-282 Prüfungsmaterialien 🌇 Öffnen Sie ▛ www.itzert.com ▟ geben Sie ⮆ A00-282 ⮄ ein und erhalten Sie den kostenlosen Download 🥢A00-282 Online Test"

Religious Freedom Historian John Ragosta on “Religious Freedom”

By Frederick Clarkson

…ks his grave–and “not a word more.” Although his remarkable life included being President, Ambassador to France, and Secretary of State, he wanted to be remembered as author of the Declaration of Independence, “Father of the University of Virginia,” and author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Why, among his many accomplishments did he so want to be remembered for this 18th century law that most Americans have never heard of? Jefferso…

The Year in Religion: A Ray of Hope Amid the Usual Fecklessness

By Peter Laarman

…tuals of personal purification that do absolutely nothing to make the slightest dent in structural oppression. Not all, of course: to say that would be unfair. But far too many figures in what I will persist in calling the Religion-Industrial Complex have set the bar for “prophetic resistance” at an embarrassingly low level. To be sure, scads of liberal faith leaders have readily signed on to efforts to curb gun violence and to call out the bigotr…

Rolling the Stone Away: LGBTQI Elders Meet the Next Generation of Christian Activists at a Watershed Conference

By Mary E. Hunt

…struggles as out LGBTIQA people. Their work paid off as now many Christian communities welcome, ordain, and in some cases marry LGBTIQ people. Many of those people were in St. Louis, where a veritable rainbow of elders from groups including Dignity USA, Affirmations, Integrity, and the Institute for Welcoming Resources shared their experiences. For example, Darlene Garner who has a long, distinguished history of ministerial leadership was part of…

CA Sen. Kamala Harris To Make A Very Interesting Church Appearance…

By Daniel Schultz

…she is one of our leaders on the national scene and I think she is a very committed social justice soldier. Social justice is a part of what this church is about. Now, understand, First is the kind of place Atlanta’s civic and religious leaders love to celebrate. There will be any number of each at this service. Andrew Young almost certainly will be there, as will UCC President and General Minister John Dorhauer. I would give even money that Cynt…

Union Busting for God: Catholic Colleges Invoke “Religious Freedom” to Violate Catholic Teaching

By Kaya Oakes

…s” are outside of the jurisdiction of the NLRB. More recently, DePaul president Rev. Dennis Holtschneider described this religious freedom exception as the “right of Catholic universities to apply our own conception of our religious-educational mission,” which “depends on the rich, meaningful and ancient integration of faith and reason in education.” But, as Villanova University Christian ethics professor Gerald Beyer and attorney Donald Carrol wr…

David Barton’s New Get Out The Vote Effort

By Sarah Posner

…religious right organizations have launched efforts like “Pulpit Freedom Sunday,” designed to test the IRS rule against electioneering from the pulpit. The religious right has been so successful at politicizing so many of the nation’s churches, in fact, that Barton probably needs a new forum. With his audience exponentially larger than any megachurch, Beck the televangelist is a natural pipeline to those voters. For a long time, reporters and com…

What Does a Moral Economy Look Like for the 99 Percent?

By Jonathan Rosenblum

…e flags of many nations, and the auspicious April sunshine all boosted the community’s confidence and set us on a course to make history. Is there a book out there you wish you had written? Which one? Why? No. One thing I’ve learned through the process of writing Beyond $15, which included reading a lot of other authors, is that the most evocative prose reveals a bit of the writer’s soul. Now that I have written a book, I can better appreciate the…

Can Art Save Us From Fundamentalism?

By Philip S. Francis

…namism at the heart of the species is revealed as we—and our fellow human beings—negotiate experiences of profound change and redirection. There are few life events that represent more of an individual sea-change than a religious conversion or de-conversion. I think the book captures at least glimpses of how much life is in the transitions—and how multi-facted the role of the arts can be in navigating our way to other shores. Is there anything you…

Anti-Trans Bus Tour Is Not Very Welcome In Spanish Cities; Gay Rights As A Weapon In Nationalist War On Muslims; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…are a woman, you will continue to be one.” Activists and city officials around the country denounced the bus. The BBC reported that the Madrid City Council acted to force the bus off city streets. Barcelona’s mayor and city council have warned the bus to stay away. Finland: Marriage equality goes into effect Marriage law became officially gender neutral on March 1; same-sex couples previously registered as domestic partners by apply to a local mag…

The Passion of the Slayer: On Buffy’s Twentieth, “The Big Bad” Is Still Out There

By Elijah Prewitt-Davis

…that a powerful witch, Spike becoming good (or at least not evil), Anya becoming human, Giles becoming an ally instead of a watcher, and Buffy who, although she is always the slayer, is always becoming the slayer. And all of them becoming adults in such a way that the show can speak to folks of any age. These are the reasons that so many love the show, that so many see its revolutionary brilliance, the reasons I can’t wait to watch Buffy with my…